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With Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki now retired from feature-length animation, there's a marked lack of current anime directors with a proven track record of successful theatrical releases. While he hasn't officially ruled out making any ...

There have been plenty of deaths throughout anime, and many of them have been very unforgettable. Most made us cry (or in some cases, cheer), while many have also made us love the departed characters even more.

Ah, December 24, Christmas Eve. The time to spend with parents, siblings, drunken aunts and that one crazy uncle that's always telling you about chemtrails after four or five eggnogs. Or, the time for romantic dinner dates, proposals and convenien...

2000 anime starring Yūgi, Marik, more also gets remastered re-run in Japan beginning in February The third issue of 2015 of Shueisha's Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that the upcoming new Yu-Gi-Oh!

Before the visuals for the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! film unveils, a scan from the latest V-Jump magazine basically revealed the key details of the upcoming film. The upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! film will star an older Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba.

Looks like the live action Naruto musical will also be heading to South East Asia and China as the third issue of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine for 2015 will be announcing that the stage musical will indeed be heading to Singapore, Malaysia, and M...

Game developer 5pb. opened a website for a PC game inspired by the anime adaptation of Izuru Yumizuru's Infinite Stratos series of light novels on Thursday. The game, titled Infinite Stratos Versus Colors, will be released in Japan on December 31 ...

Omega Force announced a few months ago that One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is in the works for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Vita, along with a first look at the game. This week's issue of Jump magazine shares a little more details.

Earlier in the week, Nintendo stated that they would not replenish stock of certain Amiibo figurines once they have sold through their initial shipment. However, in a new statement e-mailed to Siliconera this afternoon, Nintendo of America said th...

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is coming to the PlayStation 4, Square Enix officially announced today. The compilation is slated for release in Spring 2015 in Japan. Video game stories from other sites on the web.

It hasn't been too long since the Naruto series finally ended on Weekly Shonen Jump, but fans of the series can relive its action as Bandai Namco announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 in the latest issue of Jump.

As with many major video game releases, Square Enix have announced that they will be doing a special Collector's Edition release for upcoming JRPG Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (Also known as "The game that comes with that Final Fantasy XV demo").

The Boy and the Beast, about boy trained by supernatural creature, to open on July 11 Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast), the latest film from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars director Mamoru Hosoda, will open in Japan on July 1...

The official website for acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda's new anime feature Bakemono no Ko/The Boy and The Beast today posted a 30-second teaser. The highly anticipated film is slated for a release on July 11, 2015.

Smartphone customizable greeting card service CONNECTIT has launched a series of a series of 18 Attack on Titan Net-Nengajo (customary New Year's postcards) templates with scenes from the manga ready to be personalized with dialog and photographs.

Nippon Ichi started rolling out character introduction videos for Disgaea 5, and the fun kicks off with Dragonewt protagonist Killia&mdash;voiced by Mamoru Miyano (Chrollo Lucifer in Hunter x Hunter, Death the Kid in Soul Eater)&mdash;who aims to ...

The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita are set to finally launch in the People's Republic of China on the 11th January 2015. One will be able to pick themselves up a PlayStation 4 unit (CUH-1000 series) for 2,899 RMB (Approximately $566 AUD) and a...

Toho's visual effects director who forged and shaped Godzilla's look for the 1990s, Koichi Kawakita, passed away on December 5, 2014, with the family releasing the news today in Japan. The cause of death is being withheld at this time.

Welcome back to Star Wars Thursday, a celebration of the wonderful and often wacky world of a galaxy far, far away. Almost all parents have, in their minds, an image of their ideal parenting style. For some it is the knowledge that their child may...

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise, has many stories to tell about his experience with the PlayStation over the past 2 decades. He was kind enough to share a few of them. "I was in Kobe, and it was in 1993 when the precursor to Koji...

Next year, a certain movie called The Fault in Our Stars, which is so designed to bring you to tears, will premiere in Japan. I don't know if it was done for fun or for promotion of the movie, but mangaka Amu Meguro drew the main characters of the...

Yesterday, Siliconera had this awesome chance of attending the PlayStation Experience event in Las Vegas. It was supposed to be an event where the Vita and the PS4 are kings. The writer however noticed at one point a guy with a Nintendo 3DS on hand.

The official Pokémon anime website started streaming the teaser trailer for next year's Pokémon XY film. The trailer features Primal Groudon and Rayquaza evolving into Mega Rayquaza. In addition, the trailer teases that more Legendary Pokémon will...

Following last weekend's blockbuster Japanese opening of The Last: Naruto The Movie, the anime movie makes its way to cinemas in Australia and New Zealand and January 17th, 2015 thanks to Madman. With tickets now on sale, they've posted a new Engl...

Have you been running around the world of Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and found someone you really enjoy gaming with? Starting from the latest game update (Patch 2. 45), you can now commit your characters (or real world) adoration ...

'Fantasista Stella' Manga Getting Third Bundled Anime Episode Posted by Chris Beveridge December 11, 2014 at 03:49 PM Fantasista Stella After the success of the first bundled OVA, a second bundled OVA for the Fantasista Stella manga got the green ...

Magikarp is sad. Pathetic. He sucks. Yet, one brave gamer apparently became a Poké champ with what is largely considered to be the worst Pocket Monster around. Wielding a shiny Magikarp, Twitter user Nakano Official defeated the Elite Four in Poké...